"Even so, that was fast. It was supposed to be Saturday, right?"
"It seems my father got fired up so that the move could happen on Saturday. The new home is on the other side of the station from the area where you two currently live."
The other side... Ah, the luxury residential area.
Suwabe-san's house and Rio's family home were over there. To prepare a house in such a place... really, I'm starting to feel apologetic.
Following after Suwabe-san, we passed through the station and came out on the opposite side.
Near the station, there are supermarkets and convenience stores lined up, but after walking for just a few minutes, it changes into a residential area.
High-rise condominiums stood on the station side, and looking down on them were rows of detached houses with gardens.
"P-President. Is it really okay for us to live in a place like this...?"
"Of course! I'm sure you'll like it!"
No, it's not a matter of whether we like it or not.
From the commoner perspective of Riran and me, being allowed to live in such a luxury residential area just for helping someone makes us feel a sense of debt, or rather, it makes us want to hold back.
Riran and I haven't been able to stop acting restless for a while now, seriously.
Looking around here and there.
Anyway, it's spacious. Huge. Large.
There are houses with avant-garde designs, others in a medieval European style, and so on; it's quite diverse.
Glancing at those houses, we followed Suwabe-san for a while.
"Thank you for waiting. It's right here!"
She stopped in front of one house.
It had a spacious garden and even a balcony. Compared to the other houses, it was a modern-style home that exuded a sense of luxury.
It had a simple appearance with white and gray as the base colors, and there were also fences made of layered bricks in some places.
The perimeter was surrounded by a fence, and it wasn't closely packed with the neighbors. No matter how much noise we make, it doesn't seem like it would bother the neighbors.
With this, we could invite a lot of people over in the summer and have a barbecue in the garden. It looks like we could easily keep a large dog too.
Even so...
""It's huge...""
I thought Riran's house was big, but this is even bigger. And spacious.
The main space is two stories, but it seems there's a little bit of a third floor too. It looks like a place close to an attic or a loft.
To prepare a house like this in just two days... the Suwabe family is incredible.
While I was stunned by the financial power of the Suwabe family, Riran tilted her head.
"Wait, President. Usually, a detached house is built after an order is placed, right? But this, no matter how you look at it, looks brand new."
"This was apparently a model house for the Suwabe family. It was built a few years ago, and they seem to have remembered it while searching for a property... Since it has been thoroughly cleaned from corner to corner over the past two days, it's as clean as a new building. All inspections have been completed, so there are no problems."
I-I see... to build a model house of this scale, the Suwabe family really is something else.
"Well then, I'll take my leave here. Please go on ahead by yourselves. The key to this house uses biometric authentication, so you don't need to carry a key around."
"Heh. It's convenient, Akito."
"Yeah. Though it would be reassuring to know where you sourced that biometric information from."
"Ah."
The two of us look at Suwabe-san.
Hey now, don't look away. Look over here.
"W-Well then, please excuse me. I'll arrange a moving company for Saturday, so please be prepared! Well then!"
Ah, she ran away.
Left behind, Riran and I looked at each other.
"Ah—... shall we try going in?"
"Y-Yeah. Since we've come all this way."
It seems biometric authentication is also required to open the fence, and when I touched the designated spot with my thumb, a motor sound played and the sound of the fence lock opening rang out.
What is this, it's super convenient. It's amazing that a key isn't necessary.
Once we went inside the fence and closed the gate, it locked automatically.
"So this is what modern houses are like now."
"Akito, you shouldn't confuse this house with a general house."
"I guess you're right."
Since it's the Suwabe family, they probably packed it with cutting-edge technology regardless of the cost.
It's a straight line from the gate to the entrance. On the left, there's a wide garden and balcony where it seems like there would be no problem no matter how much you exercise.
The garden also spreads out on the right side, where a single giant tree stood.
Only here, an extraordinary atmosphere isolated from the outside world was being exuded.
I-I'm starting to get nervous...
"Akito, let's go quickly! I want to see what the inside is like!"
"You're right... let's go."
We moved in front of the entrance and opened the door lock with biometric authentication.
And so, together with an excited Riran, I stepped inside the house.